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High Streets Task Force visits Prudhoe as Seaside Travel opens

Experts from the national High Streets Task Force visited Prudhoe last week to look into how the town center could be improved and boosted in the future. The support is backed by Northumberland County Council, which identified Prudhoe as a town that could benefit from support. Appointed by the Government in 2019, the Government provides towns with “expert consultancy and training” and works with local governments alongside communities and civic societies. Members of the national High Street Task Force with local councilors and partner organisations (Image: Northumberland County Council) Support begins with a visit from the task force with the…
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Himachal Pradesh Travel Agents urge ECI to hold Loksabha elections in phase 1

The Himachal Pradesh Travel Agents have written to the Election Commission of India requesting a change in the election schedule for Himachal Pradesh. The association expressed concern that scheduling the polls for June 1st, which falls during the peak tourist season, would negatively impact the tourism industry. They urged the commission to consider holding the elections in an earlier phase to minimize disruption to tourism businesses. Also read: General Elections 2024: Voting to begin from April 19 in 7 phases; Results on June 4 In the letter reviewed by businessline, the Himachal Pradesh Travel Agents’ Association (HPTAA) argued that holding…
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Weymouth: Hays Travel up for Travel Trade Gazette award

Hays Travel has been named as a finalist at the TTG Top 50 Awards, organized by industry-leading publisher, Travel Trade Gazette. Earlier this year it was announced that the Weymouth team had been shortlisted as one of the five top travel agents in the South West at the same event. Scooping a place on the TTG Top 50 list would mean a hat trick for the team on St Mary Street after being included in both 2019 and 2021. The annual awards aim to recognize and reward the exceptional customer service and expertise that travel retailers offer to their customers.…
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The first Black travel agency flourishes, overcoming immense challenges: Travel Weekly

In the 1950s, it was far from easy for a Black woman in the American South to get the proper accreditations to issue airline tickets and operate a travel agency. But based on the late Freddye Scarborough Henderson’s handwritten notes, kept by her daughter Gaynelle, a bit of luck was on her side. Thanks to a more masculine sounding first name, and the English-sounding Scarborough, Freddye believed that issuing authorities thought he was a white man. She and her husband, Jacob Robert Henderson, opened Henderson Travel Service in Atlanta in 1955, the first Black-owned travel agency in the US Born…
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